Muscle pain : understanding the mechanisms / Siegfried Mense, Robert D. Gerwin, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mense, Siegfried.

Gerwin, Robert, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myalgia.

Muscular Diseases--physiopathology.

Pain--physiopathology.

Medical Subjects:

Muscular Diseases--physiopathology.

Pain--physiopathology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 323 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, [2010]

Contents:

Introduction / Siegfried Mense and Robert D. Gerwin

Functional anatomy of muscle : muscle, nociceptors, and afferent fibers / Siegfried Mense

Peripheral mechanisms of muscle pain : response behavior of muscle nociceptors and factors eliciting local muscle pain / Siegfried Mense

Central nervous mechanisms of muscle pain : ascending pathways, central sensitization, and pain-modulating systems / Siegfried Mense

Referral of musculoskeletal pain / Thomas Graven-Nielsen and Siegfried Mense

Increased muscle tone as a cause of muscle pain / Siegfried Mense and Alfonse T. Masi

Reorganized motor control due to muscle pain / Thomas Graven-Nielsen and Lars Arendt-Nielsen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783540850205

3540850201

OCLC:

312626893